# GitHub Copilot

> GitHub Copilot is an AI pair-programmer with agent mode and a Claude/GPT/Gemini model picker — free tier, Pro $10/mo, Pro+ $39/mo, Max $100/mo, plus per-seat org plans.

GitHub Copilot is the world's most widely adopted AI coding assistant, developed by GitHub and OpenAI, that provides intelligent code completion, chat assistance, multi-file editing, and automated code review directly within VS Code, JetBrains, and other major development environments. It understands the context of your entire repository to suggest contextually relevant completions, generates unit tests automatically, explains complex code, and can implement features from natural language descriptions. Over 1.8 million developers and 50,000 enterprises rely on GitHub Copilot to accelerate development velocity while maintaining code quality.

## Quick facts

- Made by: GitHub (Microsoft)
- Categories: Code Assistant, Developer Tools, AI Agents
- Pricing: Freemium (free plan + paid tiers) — Free: $0 — 2,000 code completions/month, limited premium-model access, and Copilot CLI; no card required. Pro: $10/month — unlimited code completions plus ~$15/month of AI credits, cloud coding agent, code review, and model selection. Pro+: $39/month — ~$70/month of AI credits (~4x Pro), premium models including Claude Opus, and audit logs. Max: $100/month — ~$200/month of AI credits, priority model access, and high-volume agent workflows. Business: $19/user/month — pooled AI credits per user, the cloud agent, a broad model catalog, and centralized management. Enterprise: $39/user/month — larger pooled credits, GitHub.com integration, codebase indexing, and custom models. Overage beyond included credits is billed at $0.01 per credit.
- Free plan: Yes
- Platforms: IDE Plugin, Web, API
- Launched: 2021
- Official site: https://github.com/features/copilot
- Last checked: 2026-10-22

## Key features

- Usage-based "AI credits" billing (since June 1, 2026) — completions stay unlimited on paid plans
- Agent mode and a cloud coding agent that completes multi-step tasks autonomously
- Multi-model picker spanning Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT, and Google Gemini families
- Unlimited code completions and next-edit suggestions on all paid tiers
- Copilot code review for automated PR feedback
- Copilot CLI for terminal-based assistance
- Works across VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains, Xcode, and Neovim
- Third-party agent integration, including Claude Code and Codex
- Pooled, centrally managed AI credits for Business and Enterprise orgs

## Use cases

- Autocompleting boilerplate and repetitive code
- Learning new programming languages and frameworks
- Explaining and documenting existing code
- Writing unit tests automatically
- Fixing bugs and security issues

## Links

- Nextool.ai page: https://nextool.ai/tools/github-copilot/
- Alternatives: https://nextool.ai/alternatives/github-copilot/

Source: Nextool.ai (https://nextool.ai/tools/github-copilot/). Pricing and features change; confirm on the provider's site before relying on them.